Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-05
STILL TALKING.
+ Continued from First Pdgc

| in every such case is the presence near the
scene of murder of the person charged.
! When the time can only lie determined
within twenty-five or thirty minutes 1t lSa
grave question whether a mans lite shOnld
| be taken on such 4 charge. 1t I" IMPOSE
! bic to deny the fact that reputable cltl-
zen of that community saw Baker about !
o'clock II he was engaged aS Ih"mI-
! Gardiner saw him, il WAS improbable that
| he lrit the orchard before $50 o'clock, and
| he WAS not in the house when the ladies
were there 10 call Now, ten minutes
after ; o clock he left that house. Then
| he could not have been there more than
thirty minutes. In that time he had tn
strike Mrs McWM five times. lIr had Ia
strike Mrs. Baker six times. lie had To
change their clothing, 10 bring IN tab of
water and put the implements aud clothes
! in IT, He had Ia darken artNllcnlIy those
windows He bad to empty his wtr's
! satrhrl. cleanse himself and get ont uI the
| house, all hy ten minutes past : - clnck.
! | say the presence of Van Bake ~
! the house AT the lime the state
presumtS was an IuconcclvahIc thing.
| And then he must rummagc the nous" inr
| the last will OF his wife, he could not leave
| the hrus, without that, ~ else he would
l.;I he had stepped his soul IN eternal
danuation for nothing. Now, ask N"u
! III is credible that any one man could
have done these things in that time
The second
INCuLpATING -IEr INSTANCE
is what some call Il queer manner The
witness, MIR Knox, was compelled to All
nit thai hr Thought ms manner was nat
urll. Why then does he not think It nat
lural now? Rev Lyle had been introduced
to Baker the day before aud brctuS" he
did not recognize this distinguished divine,
he testihrS that his conduct was strange.
Hess Terrell sad ordinarily Baker spoke
tn him. This morning hr did not speak
to the God of the railroad. The STAT,
however, takes another route, and II
takes for its manager the always
easy and convenient tool al the
prosecution and he tells us that Baker was
greatly excited when he was arrested. Hut
on the WAY up he loses his anxiety and IN
dulgrs in some reflections about fishing. 1t
is sufficient To SAY of this witness that ms
testimony is directly CUntradICt,d by Sher.
III Lindsay and others Now either the
state should stick To- one track ur the
other Hut no matter what this man does,
whether he luughSOr cries, he is alike 10 hr
damned | dismiss that with the con
tempt il deserves.
A. - the drawers containing the baby =
clothes, the first glance would have salts
! fled any burglar that there were no vaiua-
bles there, and no wonder they We're not
| disturbed The object ui the State was Ia
| show that Baker could not lay his bloody
| hand, upon the sacred habIlImrnlS Of ms
| little child Here il Il man who they 5ay
has just
MrEDERED HIS uWN WIFE
with circumstances oI such atrurlty H.
make the blood run cold; he has struck
dawn gray haired old woman; he mutIia-
! ted them as savages; and yet they would
! have ny believe that murderous brute
would shudder at the sight OF a Irw baby >
! clothes.
The fourth incnlpating circumstance Mas
! taking an unusual route to the railroad
Why should he do this: In going he went
right straight towards a witness who could
not have helped but see him. He was not
avoiding anyone.
The Frith- The conflicting stories he
has told. Now, as to
THE STORY About THE BELL.
Was he or not in the house when it rang?
| Baker WAS before the coroner : Jury 4 Il
4w0lr hc was not in the house Every one
knew it. is it credible that he would tell
Il different STORY to witnesses who had no
nght Ia demand any statement
Col MoDir went on tn discuss the prohd-
bilIty OF reports passing from mouth IL
mouth heinz erroneous Ia a great extent,
and paid his respects at some length 10 the
testimony of MrCloud, GruhCr and Others.
The sixth inculpating circumstance: \
man ut the Cove says that when Baker
came to the station he went II thcSpring lie
wants You to infer he went to wash blood
OIL his clothes. 1t was long walk, II hot
day and lie knew the place OF the spring.
He would naturally 20 and get drink.
Another blOat came here aud testified
that he looked through a window aud saw
Baker rubbing something Oft OF his pants.
The funny part of that was there was no
blood on the pants. In this case, by the
unimpeached testimony of a sklliul micro
scOpist, there waI not speCk of blood to be
rubbed out.
Sevrnth-The coupons. That man John
SOIL | said was Il yillainOus, low proved
up i'm his hair. This fellow says Van
Baker offered 10 sell coupon worth
twenty-five dollars for twenty dollars, IN
order to play poker, Just before he went
west. Ca that day four separate witnesses
testify that Baker WAS twenty miles away.
And Baker did not leave lor the west until
four days after this man says.
Absence OF Mrs. Bakers will is the
eighth circumstance. Mr.. Lee says hc
saw a charred paper in the stove. Suppose
he did, does that prove IT was the missing
will, Can anyone outside OF the lunallr
asylum imagine proposition like that
The loss Of that will amount 10 SIMPLY
nothing in law, for the contents could hr
proved. II was then utterly idle for Van
Baker To have destroyed 1t.
The ninth inCulpatIng circumstance Is
about the jcwelTy. tlata burglar III pursuit
of plumber would seize that the first thing.
No professional burglar ever yet took out
uI house anything by which he could he
identified
The tenth, the motive, desire for money.
Mr.. McWhu left a will dlsposing OF ten
thousand dollars. 81 this Mrs. McWh9 and
Eliza Baker received six thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars. Mrs. Baker I'll
Mrs. McWha's death would receive live
Thousand seven huuItcd and iirly dollars
OF this. Mrs. Bake. wiicd one thousand
dollar, To her husband. Now what be,
came OF the ~, 900 ri 80, 900 they speak
about.
II UNINDLES DOWN
to four or five thousand dollars. j. il like
" that after months ct knowledge OF TIM
tact Baker would commit 80 foul murder
tor this sum, The eleventh of these i,
hostility To his vile aud mother How
cruel How uuel' an almost ashamed
tn talk To sensible men al this What die
lac ever say: lie told his wife she would
not live long and she had better enjoy i
while she had it, Baker had loose tongu,
aud ready tongar. But how do these
matters
SHOW HOST IIIII?
Such things happen between man and wifi
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